Article snippet: Special Counsel FBI agents from his home and nearby storage locker was unlawfully obtained. In a filing late Monday night, Mueller’s team rejected Manafort’s claims that search warrants used to raid his home were “unconstitutionally overbroad,” arguing that evidence seized during both searches should, in fact, be permissible for use in an upcoming trial against Manafort. In May, initial access to the storage locker was gained after an employee of Manafort’s, who was listed as the occupant of the lease, willingly allowed investigators to enter the unit. Prosecutors obtained a warrant the next day. Then in July, federal agents executed a search warrant and seized documents and records from Manafort’s home during an early morning raid when they awoke a sleeping Manafort and his wife by knocking on their bedroom door. Manafort was listed as one of the people allowed to access the unit, alongside former campaign-aide Rick Gates and the unnamed Manafort employee. Gates pleaded guilty to two felony charges in February and admitted to helping Manafort syphon millions of dollars into overseas accounts. As part of his deal, Gates is now cooperating with the Mueller probe. Among other pieces of evidence seized during the searches of Manafort’s home and storage locker were digital materials from iPods and iPads, receipts, documents and several binders from a box labeled “Ukraine Binders”, according to the court filing. Manafort’s dealings with Ukraine and U... Link to the full article to read more